Nathan Small

Factual Filmmaker / Photographer

A Croydon boy by birth, I am now based between Bristol and London.

Hardworking, unflappable self-shooter specialising in Macro, Motion Control with extensive experience working on location, abroad and in a studio setting 

Full Clean UK car and motorcycle license, US i-Visa Holder, Emergency First Aid at Work and  Remote Locations 

Emmy Winner - Cinematography - A Real Bugs Life 

CREDITS

Aug ‘25 - Current - SERIES DIRECTOR - World’s Wildest Cities - Plimsoll Productions - (ITV) 

Jan ‘24 - Aug ‘25 PRODUCER / DIRECTOR - Nightmares of Nature - Plimsoll Productions - (Netflix) Scripted - story based Nature collab with LA Based horror studio Blumhouse. Writer, Producer, Director and partially shot (macro) 3 x 45 min episodes

June ‘23 - Jan ‘24 PRODUCER DIRECTOR - Underdogs - Wildstar Films - NATGEO  Comedy Natural History show about nature’s unloved creatures in collaboration with Ryan Reynolds

Sept ‘21 - June ‘23 PRODUCER DIRECTOR / CINEMATOGRAPHY -  A Real Bug's Life - Plimsoll Productions- (Disney/NATGEO) Scripted - story based macro insect series . Writer, Producer / Director 1 x 30min episode (the Busy Farm)

Series-Wide Cinematographer

Feb '20 - Aug ‘21 SHOOTING RESEARCHER - PLANET INSECT- HOODED CROW  (CuriosityStream)  Highly stylised and experimental 3 x 50min series exploring the alien world of insects.

Aug'19 - Feb '20 SHOOTING RESEARCHER -  TINY WORLD - PLIMSOLL (Apple TV) Character led blue chip wildlife series with Tiny' animals 

Secrets of the Salamander 26mins 2020 Cinematography *winner Royal Television Society Award Official Selection: WCFF, Grand Teton, Rotterdam Film Festival, New York International Film Festival Documentary set in Mexico explaining the incredible secrets contained within an Axolotl's DNA 

AEON 23mins 2019 Director/ Cinematography Official Selection: Gran Paradiso, Lab Me Crazy  Art/Science musically led film about Carbon, the Universe and how we are all connected 

By The Horns 10mins 2018 Director / Cinematography Controversial film exploring the ecological benefits of the Spanish bullfight 

INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHER/ DIRECTOR 2005-2019 Notable Clients / Awards Stella Artois, Coca Cola Global Olympics Campaign, The National Portrait Gallery Taylor Wessing Award, Mother London / NYC, 1800 Tequila, Save the Children, Water.Org, Arena, GQ 

EDUCATION 

The National Film and Television School MA Directing Natural History                                              Completed 2019 

The Nottingham Trent University BA Photography                                                                                  Completed 2005 

Trinity School A-Levels Photography, German, English Literature                                                         Completed 2002 

Direct Contact :

e: nathansmallwildlife@gmail.com

t: +44 (0) 7903143504